I'll bring a small craft for us all to work on, and I'll also be buying a round of fondue for everyone (yes, chocolate in the morning...318 is known for this stuff!). It's up to you to buy your own beverages...and if you want, you can bring something you're working on or a craft to share too!

We'll meet in one of rooms upstairs in the coffeehouse...and oh yeah...I should mention that this place is a few blocks from a massive needlework shop.

Got questions about embroidery? I'll be answering them! Want to meet some fellow crafters and bloggers in the area? This is a great place to do that! Just want to hang out and make something? Check, and check!

Mark your calendar, and then please, please RSVP in the comments section if you're coming! So excited to meet folks in person soon!

33 comments:

I will be there (with my newborn in tow if that's okay)... I had no idea were a Chicagoland native! This makes me love your blog that much more! I've never actually embroidered before, but I just picked up my first embroidery hoops at a rummage sale last weekend in hopes of starting! :) I'm so looking forward to this event! Thanks for housing!!

I am so sad that I don't live nearby. I would love to meet you and stitch with you. I'll be thinking of you that day. If there is anyone in the Lancaster, Harrisburg, Pa area that would like to get together for coffee and stitching, reply here.

I'd LOVE to be there! Unfortunately, I don't do well crafting when I'm tired, and after getting up in the wee hours of the morning to make the 7 hour drive I'd probably be pretty grouchy, too. You locals have a great time, though! I'll be thinking of you :)

I've been waiting for you to do this again since I was unable to attend last year. I live in Naperville, so I'm super close...BUT, I will be showing some of my hand embroidered pieces in an art gallery opening in Rockford, IL that very same day. While I'm super excited for the art show, I'm disappointed I'll miss out on meeting you and stitching!

Where in WV are you? There is no reason why we couldn't start something like this ourselves. Meet in a relatively equal distance driving area and do dinner or lunch, visit and stitch. I am about an hour north of Pittsburgh - How about you? It is more that stitching for a couple of hour in a fairly local coffee shop (which I would love by the way) but still feasible. My husband (then boy friend) used to do the same thing because of our long distance relationship. My e-mail is coryfamily@zoominternet.net. Feel free!

I'm super sad right now that I can't go!!! Unfortunately, I live in Evanston and don't own a car, so according to Google not only would I have a two hour trip to get there but I couldn't get there until 10am. (Unless I wanted to leave my place at 12am and then camp out at the Geneva train stop for seven hours. >.<)

Hopefully, next time you could maybe hold it closer to Chicago? Or even in Chicago?

Hi Marie! I'm so sorry it won't work for you, but I completely understand because I also don't have my own car! I don't get into Chicago very often, so I'm not as familiar with spots closer to the city, but may have a possible idea for next time.

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